Saw-jointer



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H.. D. WOLGOTT.

SAW JOINTER.

Patented Mat-)1113, 1884.

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HYMAN D. VOLOOTT, OF WRIGHTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HORACE J. VOLCOTT,OF PORT ALLEGANY, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAW-JOINTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,538, dated May 13,1884.

Application filed December 10, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ z/:tom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HYMAN D. WoLco'rr, of Vrights, in the county ofMcKean and state of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedCircular-Saw Jointer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.l

My invention consists of a lile-holding plate having a clamp adapted toattach a file, so as to hold the file in front of the points of theteeth of a circular saw, said plate being connected to a supportingstock for holding` it, and provided with an adjusting l screw by whichthe le may be set up to the points of the teeth of the saw, and they aredressed off by running the saw-teeth against the tile. rlhe stock forholding the file-plate is adjustably fitted to a bedpiece that is boltedto the filing-bench suitably for mounting the iileplate with relation tothe saw as required, and said stock has guides to steady the sawlaterally also, to cause it to run to one side or the other, in case itmay be desired to dress the teeth more to one side than the other, tocorrect any tendency ofthe saw to run out of line in the log, all ashereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved circular-sawjointer and partof a saw, the latter being represented in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section of the jointer, and Fig. 3 is an elevation of thefile-holding stock and section through the base-plate, parts beingbroken away to show details.

I make a base-plate, a, with a deep groove, I), in the back, and a slot,c, through the front, to bolt on the side` of the ling-bench d by boltsc through the ends of said plate for holding the rile andguide-supporting stock f in front of the saw g to be jointed, said stockf being clamped against the front side or" said base-plate c by the bolth and the thumb fi, and having guide-lugs), bearing against the upperand lower edges, L, of the base-plate, which are beveled so that theguide-lugs, be-

onto them when the bolt 7L is screwed up tight ing correspondinglybeveled, will draw snugly and hold the tile-supporting stock up rigidlyagainst back-pressure at the upper end. This supporting-stock may beshifted along the base-plate toward and from the saw as required foradjusting it by slackening the bolt h and shifting it along the groove band the slot c of the base-plate. The groove b affords the requisitespace in the base-plate between the front of said plate and the side ofthe 6o tiling-bench for the head of the bolt h, and the side walls ofthe groove hold the bolt from turning by the friction of the nut. Theiileholding plate l is connected to the lower end of thesupporting-stock f by the bolt m, and has a flexible bow, n, projectingbelow the lower end of the rile-stock, to enable the plate to shift toand from the saw g,- and near the upper end of the stock lanadjusting-screw, o,

is iitted, bearing against the side of the plate, to cause the ilep tobear against the points of the teeth with sufficient pressure to dressthem oit' and to set up the iile as the points are iiled away. The iilep is secured to the plate Z by a hook-clamp, q, and binding-screw s. Acouple of guide-arms, u,with screw saw-guides c, are attached to thesupporting-stock f near the 'upper end, for guiding the saw to preventthe saw from wabbling, and also to bear it to one side or the other, asmay sometimes be 8o required, to make the teeth slightly shorter on oneside than on the other, to correct any tendency of the saw to run out ofline in the logs. The screw-guides are adjustable in the guide-arms andthe guide-arms are adjustable 8 5 in the supporting-stock, said armsbeing connected to the stock by elbows w, inserted in a mortise throughthe stock and overlapping each other therein, so as to be secured in anyposition by a binding-screw, x.

It will be seen that with this simple attachment saws may be quickly andaccurately jointed before ling, and the attachment is also an excellentdevice for holding the saw against the lateral thrusts of the iile wheniiling the saw.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent l. The improved circular-saw-j ointing attachment,consisting of base-plate a, supportloo ing-stock f, flexibly connectediile holding plate Z, attaching-clamp q s, and the adjust- 4. The guidearms u, having adjusting screw-guides c, and connected to thesupporting-stock f by the overlapping elbows w, itted 15 in a mortise ofthe stoel; and secured by the binding-screw x, substantially asdescribed.

ing-screw 07 combined and arranged substanl HYMAN D. VOLCOTT.

Witnesses:

S. W. SMITH, MILns IRoNs, XV. E. SMITH.

